Patients tage of Acute Rate Total Retention Perurethral prostatectomy 621 70 97% 228 (35-11%) 3-7% (23) Suprapubic prostatectomy 131 14-97% 67 (51-15%) 2-29%/ (3) Modified Freyer's (2-stage) 49 27 -Harris's (a) I-stage 21 5 -(b) 2-stage 61 35 3 Permanent suprapubic cystostomy .9410-74% 68 (72-34%) 11-7%/ (11) No operation .. 29 3 32%.Transferred to a chronic ward Mortality from all causes following prostatectomy is 3 4%/ in a consecutive series of 752 cases.Mortality of the last 439 perurethral prostatectomies in this series = 2 51%.Of all prostatectomies 82 6% were performed perurethrally, 17-4% by various suprapubic methods.The oldest patient subjected to peruretlhral operation was aged 90.TABLE II Reasons for LeavingTPermanent No. of Reasons for Not Operating No. of Suprapubic Cystostomies Cases at All Cases*
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Charles Birch (1945) studied this question.